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helicopter

[hel-i-kop-ter, hee-li-] / ˈhɛl ɪˌkɒp tər, ˈhi lɪ- /
NOUN
aircraft
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She said the helicopter appeared to be circling above fields and a wooded area behind the housing estate.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

At a recent European Union defense ministers’ meeting outside Dublin, a British warship and submarine-hunting helicopter were deployed at Ireland’s request to provide security.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

The frigate had fired "two flares towards the helicopter. One of the flares passed at close range to the helicopter," it added.

From Barron's Sep. 15, 2026

However, Vladimir Barbin, the Russian ambassador to Denmark, fired back saying it was the helicopter that had been at fault.

From Barron's Sep. 15, 2026

Climbing into a helicopter for the short flight back to Washington, Eisenhower braced himself for what could be a difficult few days.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

Barbin said this was "not the first time that Danish Air Force helicopters have carried out dangerous manoeuvres near Russian warships".

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

A five-tier funfetti cake had been airlifted in from Florida, and helicopters and seaplanes descended on the islands before guests settled into their oceanfront villas.

From Salon Sep. 14, 2026

County Supervisor Janice Hahn long opposed the eradication, ever since a previous plan called for sharpshooters to take aim at the deer from helicopters.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2026

A large team of rescuers equipped with several helicopters was deployed to the scene.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

A swarm of giant black army helicopters darkened the sky overhead.

From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai

Mass opposition and a coup briefly deposed him, but after three days under guard on a military island, he helicoptered back to Caracas.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 10, 2026

Instead, they recommended that Nusslock be helicoptered to UC San Francisco for an abortion.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 2, 2024

I could not see anything and I was helicoptered out, before spending two weeks in a coma in an army hospital in Kabul.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2024

On the couple’s 10-year anniversary, they helicoptered to the emperor penguin colony on Snow Hill Island, then to a tubular iceberg where the client finally proposed.

From Washington Post Feb. 14, 2023

It meant sitting quietly in your desk chair while your best friend is helicoptered off for emergency eye surgery.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu

After helicoptering to the compound in Pakistan, O’Neill said he and other SEALs reached a third-floor bedroom where bin Laden was.

From Seattle Times Dec. 12, 2023

He tumbled out of bounds at nearly 60 miles per hour, his skis helicoptering into the netting on one side of the slope.

From New York Times Dec. 5, 2021

“Your moral stature is actually enhanced the more persecuted you are or want to be. It’s a generation of overparenting, protecting children from every conceivable harm, helicoptering over them and infantilizing them.”

From Washington Times Oct. 18, 2021

Or in a game this season against Denver, when he lunged toward the goal line, absorbing multiple hits to the chest and helmet before helicoptering into the end zone.

From Washington Post Jan. 2, 2020

A few fall, helicoptering down to the forest floor.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz




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